Best book of 2023: We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres-Sanchez
Overall favorite fiction book of 2022: Falling by T.J. Newman
Overall favorite nonfiction book of 2022: All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
Overall favorite romance of 2022: Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Quick stats:
- # of books read: 117
- format breakdown: 43% print, 26% e-book, 31% audiobook
- most-read genre: romance (32%)
- average star rating: 3.8
my favorite reads • reading stats
FIVE-STAR READS
- A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
- Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
- Eight Perfect Hours by Lia Louis
- All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
- Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon
- The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton
- I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
- We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez
- The 1619 Project edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
- Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
- The World Record Book of Racist Stories by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar
- Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
- The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
- Something Wild and Wonderful by Anita Kelly
- An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
- This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
- Falling by TJ Newman
- Love & Saffron by Kim Fay
- The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Drowning by TJ Newman
- Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy
- Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating by Christy Harrison
- Codename Charming by Lucy Parker
- The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
- The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
FOUR-STAR READS
- When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
- What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
- A Burning by Megha Majumdar
- The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
- Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian
- When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
- The Measure by Nikki Erlick
- To the Edge by Cindy Gerard
- The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka
- The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson
- The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark
- Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn
- Finding Me by Viola Davis
- The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
- A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera
- The Saturday Evening Girls Club by Jane Healy
- The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff
- The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
- In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer
- The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa
- True Biz by Sara Novic
- Something About You by Julie James
- The Power by Naomi Alderman
- The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
- Happy Place by Emily Henry
- The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
- It’s In His Kiss by Julia Quinn
- Maame by Jessica George
- Dating You/Hating You by Christina Lauren
- A Duke in Disguise by Cat Sebastian
- Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close
- The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve
- Just My Type by Falon Ballard
- Notes From a Young, Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
- Cultish: The Language of Fantacism by Amanda Montell
- An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination by Sheera Frankel
- Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make-And Keep-Friends by Marisa G. Franco
- Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
- Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
- Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan
- Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
- America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray
- Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas
- The Agathas by Kathleen Glasglow
- Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Soloman
- When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O’Neal
- The Fiancee Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur
- If We’re Being Honest by Cat Shook
- The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
- Like a House on Fire by Lauren McBrayer
- The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger
- The Stand-In by Lily Chu
- A Lot Like Love by Julie James
- Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
- Love at First by Kate Clayborn
THREE-STAR READS
- The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers
- The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Stor of War and What Comes After by Clementine Wamariya
- Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
- Lucky Star by Susannah Nix
- Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
- To Sir, With Love by Lauren Layne
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
- Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
- A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin
- To the Limit by Cindy Gerard
- Women Are the Fiercest Creatures by Andrea Dunlop
- A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem by Manda Collins
- On the Hustle by Adriana Herrera
- Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant
- Verity by Colleen Hoover
- The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
- Recursion by Blake Crouch
- State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
- Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
- Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker
TWO-STAR READS
- Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
- The Fine Print by Lauren Asher
- Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade
- After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez
- You Have a Match by Emma Lord
- Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember by Lauren Graham
- A Proposal They Can’t Refuse by Natalie Cana
- Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
- Walk of Shame by Lauren Layne
- Last Girl Ghosted by Lisa Unger
- Queen of Thieves by Beezy Marsh
- Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak
- On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn
NOT RATED
- The Woman in Me by Britney Spears